If someone is thick-skinned they are not easily hurt emotionally. You can criticize them or be unkind to them and it simply rolls off their back.
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Thick-skinned
Synonyms for "thick-skinned" (42 found)
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Closest matches (9)
Strong matches (12)
Related words (21)
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1 entriesTranslations
35 translations across 12 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- παχύδερμος adj (having a thick skin)
Bulgarian
3 entries- безчувствен adj (insensitive)
- дебелокож adj (having a thick skin)
- нечувствителен adj (insensitive)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 厚臉皮 /厚脸皮 adj (not easily offended)
- 無神經 /无神经 adj (insensitive)
Dutch
1 entries- olifantenhuid adj (not easily offended)
Finnish
3 entries- paksunahkainen adj (having a thick skin)
- paksunahkainen adj (not easily offended)
- paksunahkainen adj (insensitive)
French
2 entries- avoir le cuir épais adj (not easily offended)
- avoir le cuir épais adj (insensitive)
Icelandic
4 entries- ekki hörundsár adj (not easily offended)
- ekki viðkvæmur adj (not easily offended)
- fólskulegur adj (insensitive)
- harðbrjósta adj (insensitive)
Macedonian
3 entries- дебелоко́жен adj (having a thick skin)
- дебелоко́жен adj (not easily offended)
- нечувстви́телен adj (insensitive)
Polish
2 entries- gruboskórny adj (not easily offended)
- gruboskórny adj (insensitive)
Russian
4 entries- нечувстви́тельный adj (insensitive)
- толстоко́жий adj (having a thick skin)
- толстоко́жий adj (not easily offended)
- толстоко́жий adj (insensitive)
Spanish
2 entries- insensible adj (insensitive)
- tener el cuero duro adj (not easily offended)
Welsh
1 entries- croeniog adj (having a thick skin)
Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
They that are ſo thick skinned as ſtill to credit the ſtory of the Phœnix, may ſay ſomething for animall burning: […]
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